Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Blockchain

Aptos Labs secures $150M led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto

By Kyt Dotson Jul 25, 2022

Aptos Labs, the blockchain startup formed by former employees who worked on Meta Platform Inc.’s ill-fated payment system Diem, today announced that it has raised $150 million in new funding led by FTX Ventures…

Blockchain

Voyager Digital calls FTX bailout offer harmful ‘low-ball bid’

By Kyt Dotson Jul 25, 2022

Major crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital Ltd. said on Sunday that a joint offer from crypto exchange FTX US and Alameda Ventures, both owned by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, set to rescue the firm…

Apps

Meta engineers join tech industry efforts in calling for no more leap seconds

By Kyt Dotson Jul 25, 2022

Most people are aware of leap days, the way that the astronomical calendar stays in tune with the seasonal cycle, but what about leap seconds? The leap second was introduced in 1972 as a…

Apps

Blameless appoints former New Relic CTO Jim Gochee as new CEO

By Kyt Dotson Jul 25, 2022

Site reliability engineering platform Blameless Inc. today announced that it’s hiring Jim Gochee as chief executive, and its current co-founder and CEO Lyon Wong will take a new role as executive chairman. Wong founded…

Blockchain

Blockchain.com lays off 25% of its workforce amid crypto market downturn

By Kyt Dotson Jul 21, 2022

The cryptocurrency exchange Blockchain.com Inc. is laying off 25% of its staff, citing poor market conditions and the need to cut expenses after financial losses. The news was first reported today by CoinDesk, which noted…

Blockchain

Blockchain startup Blockdaemon acquires digital asset security firm Sepior

By Kyt Dotson Jul 20, 2022

Blockchain infrastructure provider Blockdaemon today announced that it has bought Sepior, a company that secures digital assets such as cryptocurrencies using cryptographic key management solutions. Blockdaemon gives businesses the capability to manage and handle…

Blockchain

Zebedee raises $35M to power blockchain payments in virtual worlds and games

By Kyt Dotson Jul 19, 2022

Zebedee Inc. today said it has raised $35 million in new funding led by Kingsway Capital to grow its bitcoin-powered payments ecosystem for developers to add “programmable money” to games and virtual worlds. Using…

AI

Microsoft’s Project AirSim creates metaverse to train autonomous flying drones

By Kyt Dotson Jul 18, 2022

Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Project AirSim, a powerful physics simulator that replicates the real world in 3D digitized environments to train autonomous aerial drones quickly and safely. The best way to…

Blockchain

Circle discloses detailed report of reserves for its USDC stablecoin

By Kyt Dotson Jul 15, 2022

Circle Internet Financial Inc. today released a detailed breakdown of its USD Coin holdings for the first time in an action designed to provide greater transparency and trust for the stablecoin issuer. The report,…

Blockchain

Former Meta employees seek to resurrect Diem with Aptos blockchain amid struggling crypto markets

By Kyt Dotson Jul 14, 2022

Diem, Facebook parent company Meta Platform Inc.’s doomed crypto payment project met an untimely end at the start of 2022 after years of attempting to gain regulatory acceptance, its assets were sold off, including…

Kyt Dotson

Aptos Labs secures $150M led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto

Voyager Digital calls FTX bailout offer harmful ‘low-ball bid’

Meta engineers join tech industry efforts in calling for no more leap seconds

Blameless appoints former New Relic CTO Jim Gochee as new CEO

Blockchain.com lays off 25% of its workforce amid crypto market downturn

Blockchain startup Blockdaemon acquires digital asset security firm Sepior

Zebedee raises $35M to power blockchain payments in virtual worlds and games

Microsoft’s Project AirSim creates metaverse to train autonomous flying drones

Circle discloses detailed report of reserves for its USDC stablecoin

Former Meta employees seek to resurrect Diem with Aptos blockchain amid struggling crypto markets

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